Opening Prayers/Prayers of Adoration for Epiphany
O Splendor of God’s glory bright.
From Light eternal bringing light, O Light of life, the living Spring, True Day, all days illumining.
Dawn’s glory gilds the earth and skies;
Let him, our perfect Morn, arise, The Word in God Almighty one, Creator imaged in the Son.
Amen.
Ambrose of Milan, adapted.
Hallelujah! Help Us Shine!
Based on John 1 and Matthew 2.
John 1:1-14 is read on Christmas in years A, B, and C
Matthew 2:1-12 is read on Epiphany in years A, B, and C
This may be voiced by a single voice, all voices, or as a call and response with all voices responding on the bold print.
Prayer: Hallelujah! Help Us Shine!
Welcome Glorious One
Lord of Life and Light
Dawn in us your power and peacemaking
Hallelujah! Help us shine!
You bathe us in the light of your grace, that we may be grace
You fill us with the light of your truth, that we may be truth
You flood us with the light of your love, that we may be love
Hallelujah! Help us shine!
Sharing your light
Spreading your light
Beyond our imagining to your desiring
Hallelujah! Help us shine!
Unveiled, Bright, and True
A beam worthy of the stretch of your embrace
Hallelujah! Help us shine!
Draw us to your light
Draw all to your light
Hallelujah! Help us shine!
Hallelujah! Help us shine! © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
We Bring
Matthew 2:1-12, Epiphany, all years
We bring you our gold
our achievements
our prosperity
our productivity
We bring you our frankincense
our traditions
our rituals
our urging
We bring you our myrrh
our brokenness
our grave clothes
our dust
You bring us you
Priceless
Transcendent
Eternal
Humble
Present
Vulnerable
Thank you for grace greater than our every gift
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We bring, an opening prayer for Epiphany © 2014 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
O Splendor of God’s glory bright.
From Light eternal bringing light,
O Light of life, the living Spring, True Day, all days illumining.
Dawn’s glory gilds the earth and skies;
Let him, our perfect Morn, arise,
The Word in God Almighty one, Creator imaged in the Son. Amen.
Ambrose of Milan, adapted
Words and Ways
Your words and ways are
Perfect
Sure
Right
Clear
Your words and ways are
Pure
True
Righteous
Every one
Their value, beyond price
Their goodness, beyond delight
Their counsel, enduring blessing
Place in me a longing
To desire them
Become them
Every one
Words and Ways © 2021 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
Opening Prayer based on 1 Corinthians 12
Holy One, Giver of every good and perfect gift
It is your great grace that offers us salvation
It is grace upon grace that gives us the chance to join you in your saving work
You trust us that much
You empower us that far
Reveal our spiritual gifts
Reveal our calling in this time and place
so we may fulfill it together
so we may fulfill it for the common good
so we may honor you and one another
Holy One, convince us of our value and purpose,
Assure us of our place in your Body and our place in your plan
Use us for your glory, now and forever. Amen.
Opening Prayer based on 1 Corinthians 12 © 2022 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com